Jensen Ackles Explains Initial Reluctance To Do Supernatural Prequel Show
Supernatural star Jensen Ackles explains his initial reluctance to do The Winchesters prequel spinoff when he and writer Robbie Thompson started to discuss the show. Created by original showrunner Eric Kripke in 2005, Supernatural followed Ackles’ Dean and Jared Padalecki’s Sam Winchester for 15 seasons before airing its final episode in 2020. AftertheSupernatural finale, it appeared the Winchester’s family business of saving people and hunting things was over.
Back in June 2021, it was announced that Ackles and his wife Danneel would executive produce and develop a Supernatural prequel series through their production Chaos Machine Productions alongside Warner Bros. TV for The CW. Entitled The Winchesters, the series will be written and co-produced by Supernatural alum Thompson and explore the love story of Sam and Dean's parents, John and Mary Winchester. Ackles is also attached to reprise his role as Dean, who will serve as the prequel’s narrator. That said, it’s unclear how The Winchesters plans to re-contextualize a story that was — at least partially — already told in the original Supernatural series.
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In a recent interview with TVLine, executive producer Ackles talked about the initial conversation he had with writer Thompson about The Winchesters. He said that, at first, he wasn’t sure if the show's premise could be pulled off. Ackles explained that his mind was changed when he committed to connecting the stories of the prequel show and Supernatural in “a much crazier” way. Read what Ackles had to say below:
«To be honest, I was like, 'I don't know if we can do this.” “'Well, we know we have to do this, and we know we have to do that,
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